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Who's the best player at the net?

Normally in men's doubles, there is a distinct role each player has,

especially in an attacking position; where the front person becomes the 'netman' and the back person becomes the 'baseline smasher'.

I feel that the netman is the key to win in Men's doubles...his role is like a quarterback in American Football....setting up shots for his back partner to violently hit the shuttle downwards. The netman normally wins the point by driving or smashing directly near the net which is almost impossible to return.
The net man is also a very strong leader...cocky and very vocal.

I feel the best netman in World badminton today are:

1) Koo Kian Kiat: a delight to watch...arrogant...and creative...one of the best badminton brains.

Currently, definitely Setiawan. I would say his recent performance is above both KKK and Cai Yun, and is close to Tony Gunawan in 05.

Originally Posted by Badmintan

Normally in men's doubles, there is a distinct role each player has,

especially in an attacking position; where the front person becomes the 'netman' and the back person becomes the 'baseline smasher'.

I feel that the netman is the key to win in Men's doubles...his role is like a quarterback in American Football....setting up shots for his back partner to violently hit the shuttle downwards. The netman normally wins the point by driving or smashing directly near the net which is almost impossible to return.
The net man is also a very strong leader...cocky and very vocal.

I feel the best netman in World badminton today are:

1) Koo Kian Kiat: a delight to watch...arrogant...and creative...one of the best badminton brains.

but yeah, i think currently, the best net players are in MD are cai yun, kien keat and hendra. i'm still a big fan of taufik's net play though, i always wonder what he'd be like playing in MD. certainly would have given all the frontmen mentioned here a run for their money.